coal
Miners: Tax cut for coal firms threatens black lung benefits
June 8, 2018"The impacts of black lung disease are debilitating and, in the most serious cases, fatal."
Read moreHow one coal baron set the Trump administration’s energy agenda
February 5, 2018In a political system awash with money, it's Big Coal vs. democracy.
Read moreCoal executive’s “action plan” finds success under Trump
January 11, 2018In the early days of the Trump administration, Robert “Bob” Murray, the head of one of America’s largest coal companies, sent a four-page “action plan” to the White House calling for rollbacks of Obama-era environmental and...
Read moreWhen companies deny climate science, their workers pay
December 27, 2017General Electric doubled down on coal. Now, 12,000 workers are paying the price.
Read moreIf there’s a “war on coal,” coal already lost
October 27, 2017The real challenge now is not how to save coal, but how to ensure that new, green energy jobs are created, and support is given to communities that have long relied on mining.
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